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Turon M, Díez-Vives C, Carrier TJ, de la Cruz L, Conejero M, Jung S, Pita L, Koutsouveli V, Hentschel U, Riesgo A (2026) Phagocytosis of microbial symbionts supports embryonic nutrition in the sponge Halichondria panicea. Microbiome https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-026-02473-y
Papendorf J, Ngugi DK, Büsing P, Reimann N, Wittmann J, Peter S, Hahnke RL, Kirstein S, Bunk B, Rohde M, Müsken M, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M (2026) Viral infection collapses intracytoplasmic membrane integrity and autotrophic metabolism in ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosomonas europaea, ISME Communications, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2026, ycag170, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycag170
Berezkina A, Rahn T, Suchantke M, Beck KK, Espinoza JP, Richter C, Hentschel U, Wall M (2026). Changes in bacterial community composition and antibiotic resistance profiles of coral-associated microbiota in the vicinity of Chilean salmon farms. Sci Rep 16, 19185 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-57517-y
Kaya NH, Abukhalaf M, Fuentes G., Taubenheim J, Hentschel U, Tholey A, Fraune S (2026). c-JUN controls microbial colonization via selective phagocytosis in the sea anemone Nematostella. Nat Commun 17, 6087). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75511-w
Carrier TJ, Rufino-Navarro A, Knoop T, Repnik U, Caraballo-Rodríguez AM, Needham DM, Bang C, Franzenburg S, Dorrestein PC, Bramkamp M, Rath W, Biastoch A, Hernández JC, Hentschel U (2026) Sea urchin eggs contain a plastid-derived structure that contributes to their development. PLoS Biol 24(4): e3003705. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003705
Lips S, Schmitt-Jansen M, Borchert E (2026) Metagenomic analyses of the plastisphere reveals a common functional potential across oceans. Environmental Pollution,Volume 395,127830, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2026.127830
Koutsouveli V, Torres-Oliva M, Marulanda-Gomez AM, Franke A, Fuß J, Schmitz RA, Hentschel U, Reusch TBH, Pita L (2026) NOD-like receptor repertoire in the chromosome-level genome of the demosponge Dysidea avara (Schmidt, 1862). Front Immunol 17:. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1725140
Theising FI, Hentschel U, Busch K, Brandt A, Carvalho F, Xavier JR, Muriel AS (2026) Does an Arctic circumpolar distribution exist for deep-sea sponges? Unravelling the systematics of Stylocordyla borealis (Porifera: Demospongiae) through integrative taxonomy. Prog Oceanogr 241, 103646 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103646
Maldonado M, Pita L, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the horned sponge, Axinella damicornis (Esper, 1794) (Axinellida: Axinellidae) [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:534 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27385.1)
Abdul Wahab MA, Luter HM, Bell SC, Webster NS, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of a demosponge, Phyllospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766) (Dictyoceratida: Thorectidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:491 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27310.1
Maldonado M, Pita L, Hentschel U, Erpenbeck D, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Gettle N, Aunin E, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the stinker sponge, Sarcotragus fasciculatus (Pallas, 1766) (Dictyoceratida: Irciniidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:480 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27233.1)
Degnan SM, Wong ZS, Degnan BM, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge, Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) (Tetractinellida: Ancorinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:459 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27093.1)
Ilan M, Steindler L, Cárdenas P, Piel J, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Bar-Shalom R, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V and O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the demosponge, Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 (Tetractinellida: Theonellidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:259 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26482.1)
Webster NS, Bell SC, Luter HM, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge, Rhopaloeides odorabile Thompson, Murphy, Bergquist & Evans, 1987 (Dictyoceratida: Spongiidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res. 2026 11:211. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26110.1
Degnan SM, Webster NS, Larroux C Shao, Degnan BM , Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E6, Eerik Aunin6, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the Indo-Pacific barrel sponge, Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res 2026, 11:186 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25872.1
Hentschel U, Steiner L, Marulanda A, Schmittmann L, Bayer K, Carrier T, Pita L, Erpenbeck D, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the bread-crumb sponge, Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) (Suberitida: Halichondriidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 11:146 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25908.1
McCormack GP, Sandoval K, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of Haliclona indistincta (Bowerbank, 1866) (Haplosclerida: Chalinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 11:139 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25928.1)
Chaves-Fonnegra A, Lopez JV, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the blue bleeder, Aiolochroia crassa (Hyatt, 1875) (Verongiida: Aplysinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 11:140 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25903.1)
Cárdenas P, Busch K, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R(2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the demosponge, Geodia phlegraei (Sollas, 1880) (Tetractinellida: Geodiidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res 11:142 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25984.1)
Pérez T, Vacelet J, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the carnivorous sponge, Lycopodina hypogea (Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 1996) (Poecilosclerida: Cladorhizidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res, 11:130 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25959.1)
Cárdenas P, Busch K, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge, Geodia parva Hansen, 1885 (Tetractinellida: Geodiidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res, 11:132 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25960.1)
Wörheide G, Busch K, Schupp P, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the deep-sea glass sponge sponge, Bolosoma cyanae Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 (Lyssacinosida: Euplectellidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res, 11:24 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25437.1)
Taboada S, Riesgo A, Busch K, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Galià C, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2026) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge Phakellia ventilabrum (Linnaeus, 1767) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Res, 11:15 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25431.1)
Theising FI, Hentschel U, Busch K, Brandt A, Carvalho F, Xavier JR, Muriel AS (2026) Does an Arctic circumpolar distribution exist for deep-sea sponges? Unravelling the systematics of Stylocordyla borealis (Porifera: Demospongiae) through integrative taxonomy. Prog Oceanogr 241, 103646 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103646
Pita L, Maldonado M, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the Maltese sponge, Agelas oroides (Schmidt, 1864), and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2025, 10:464 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24745.1)
Costa R, Gonçalves JMS, Grenier M, Pérez T, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the elephant ear sponge, Spongia lamella (Schulze, 1879), and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res, 10:463 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24744.1
Steindler L, Durán Canché MA, Ilan M, Bar-Shalom R, Lopez JV, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the marine sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus Kelly-Borges & Vacelet, 1995, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res, 10:466 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24763.1)
Steindler L, Maldonado M, Pita L, Riesgo A, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the stone sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res, 10:450 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24743.1)
Riesgo A, Renard E, Schenkelaars Q, Borchiellini C, Pita L, Maldonado M, Erpenbeck D, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge, Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Wellcome Open Res, 10:340 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24187.1)
Marangon E, Ramsby BD, Luter HM, Bell SC, Laffy P, Webster NS, Hentschel U, Fiore C, Oeatley G, Thomas T, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge Cliona cf. orientalis Thiele (1900) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences [version 1; peer review: 1 not approved]. Wellcome Open Res, 10:342 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24304.1)
de Goeij JM, Mueller B, Achlatis M, Campana S, Hudspith M, Kornder NA, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2025) The scaffold-level genome sequence of an encrusting sponge, Halisarca caerulea Vacelet & Donadey, 1987, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res. 10:344. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24281.1
Lopez JV, Pomponi SA, Hentschel U, Erpenbeck D, Pruzinsky N, Fiore C, Mulheron R, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O'Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the giant barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta Schmidt 1870 and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res. 10:336. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24173.1
Pita L, Maldonado M, Koutsouveli V, Riesgo A, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the kidney sponge, Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847, and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res 10, 283 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24166.1)
Hentschel U, Busch K, Rios P, Cristobo J, Xavier JR, Erpenbeck D, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the glass sponge Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res 10,280 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24099.1)
Maldonado M, Pita L, Hentschel U, Erpenbeck D, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge Crambe crambe (Schmidt, 1862) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res 10, 275 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24154.1
Leys SP, Hentschel U, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Erpenbeck D, Niu H, McKenna V (2025) The chromosome-level genome sequences of the freshwater sponge, Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus, 1759) and the chlorophyte cobiont Choricystis sp., and the associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res 10, 222 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23988.1
Pita L, Hentschel U, Steindler L Maldonado M, Riesgo A, Oatley G, Sinclair E, Aunin E, Gettle N, Santos C, Paulini M, Niu H, McKenna V, O’Brien R (2025) The chromosomal genome sequence of Aplysina aerophoba (Nardo, 1833) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Res 10, 250 https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24098.1
Marulanda-Gomez AM, Mueller B, Bayer K, Abukhalaf M, Cassidy L, Tholey A, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U (2025) Combined cellular and proteomics approach suggests differential processing of a native and a foreign vibrio in the sponge Halicondria panicea. mBio 0:e01474-25 https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01474-25
Zhang T, Han Y, Peng Y, Deng Z, Shi W, Xu X, Wu Y, Dong X (2025) The risk of pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance in deep-sea cold seep microorganisms. mSystems 10:e01571-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01571-24
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Fernandez-Lopez L, Sanchez-Carrillo S, Garcia-Moyano A, Borchert E, Almendral D, Alonso S, Cea-Rama I, Miguez N, Larsen O, Werner J, Makarova KS, Plou FJ, Dahlgren TG, Sans-Aparicio J, Hentschel U, Bjerga GEK and Ferrer M (2021) The bone-degrading enzyme machinery: From multi-component understanding to the treatment of residues from the meat industry. Computational and Structural Biotechnology 19:6328-6342 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.027
Coons AK, Busch K, Lenz M, Hentschel U and Borchert E (2021) Biogeography rather than substrate type determines bacterial colonization dynamics of marine plastics. PeerJ, 9 Art.Nr. e12135. DOI 10.7717/peerj.12135. .
Reusch TBH, Schubert PR, Marten SM, Gill D, Karez R, Busch K and Hentschel U (2021) Lower Vibrio spp. abundances in Zostera marina leaf canopies suggest a novel ecosystem function for temperate seagrass beds. Mar Biol 168, 149 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03963-3
Hentschel U (2021) Harnessing the power of host–microbe symbioses to address grand challenges. Nat Rev Microbiol https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-021-00619-3
Campana S, Busch K, Hentschel U, Muyzer G and de Goeij JM (2021) DNA-stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) identifies marine sponge-associated bacteria actively utilizing dissolved organic matter (DOM). Environmental Microbiology 23(8):4489–4504 https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15642
Campana S, Demey C, Busch K, Hentschel U, Muyzer G and de Goeij JM (2021) Marine sponges maintain stable bacterial communities between reef sites with different coral to algae cover ratios, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97 (9). Art.Nr. fiab115. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiab115
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Doering T, Wall M, Putchim L, Rattanawongwan T, Schroeder R, Hentschel U and Roik A (2021) Towards enhancing coral heat tolerance: a “microbiome transplantation” treatment using inoculations of homogenized coral tissues. Microbiome 9:102, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01053-6
Morganti TM, Purser A, Rapp HT, German CR, Jakuba MV, Hehemann L, Blendl J, Slaby BM and Boetius A (2021) In situ observation of sponge trails suggests common sponge locomotion in the deep central Arctic. Current Biology 31(8):368-370, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.014
de Kluijver A, Nierop KGJ, Morganti TM, Bart MC, Slaby BM, Hanz U, de Goeij JM, Mienis F and Middelburg JJ (2021) Bacterial precursors and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are biomarkers of North-Atlantic demosponges. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0241095 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241095
Borchert E, Hammerschmidt K, Hentschel U and Deines P (2021) Enhancing microbial pollutant degradation by integrating eco-evolutionary principles with environmental biotechnology. Trends Microbiol., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2021.03.002
Maldonado M, López-Acosta M, Busch K, Slaby BM, Bayer K, Beazley L, Hentschel U, Kenchington E and Rapp HT (2021) A microbial nitrogen engine modulated by bacteriosyncytia in hexactinellid sponges: Ecological implications for deep-sea communities. Front. Mar. Sci. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.638505
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Burgsdorf I, Sizikov S, Squatrito V, Britstein M, Slaby BM, Cerrano C, Handley KM and Steindler L (2021) Lineage-specific energy and carbon metabolism of sponge symbionts and contributions to the host carbon pool. ISME Journal, online first 07 December 2021 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01165-9
Busch K, Taboada S, Riesgo A, Koutsouveli V, Ríos P, Cristobo J, Franke A, Getzlaff K, Schmidt C, Biastoch A and Hentschel U (2021) Population connectivity of fan-shaped sponge holobionts in the deep Cantabrian Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103427
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Imhoff JF, Meyer TE and Kyndt JA (2021) The genome sequence of the giant phototrophic gammaproteobacterium Thiospirillum jenense gives insight into its physiological properties and phylogenetic relationships. Arch Microbiol 203(1):97-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s 00203-020-02006-7
Utermann C, Blümel M, Busch K, Buedenbender L, Lin Y, Haltli BA, Kerr RG, Briski E, Hentschel U, Tasdemir D (2020) Comparative microbiome and metabolome analyses of the marine tunicate Ciona intestinalis from native and invaded habitats. Microorganisms. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8122022
Díez‐Vives C, Taboada S, Leiva C, Busch K, Hentschel U, Riesgo A (2020) On the way to specificity ‐ Microbiome reflects sponge genetic cluster primarily in highly structured populations. Mol Ecol. 29(22): 4412–4427. doi: 10.1111/mec.15635
Busch K, Hanz U, Mienis F, Müller B, Franke A, Roberts EM, Rapp HT, Hentschel U (2020) On giant shoulders: How a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges. Biogeosciences: doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-1
Busch K, Wurz E, Rapp HT, Bayer, K, Franke A , Hentschel U (2020) Chloroflexi dominate the deep-sea golf ball sponges Craniella zetlandica and Craniella infrequens throughout different life stages. Front. Mar. Sci., 7. Art.Nr. 674. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00674
Bayer K, Busch K, Kenchington E, Beazley L, Franzenburg S, Michels J, Hentschel U, Slaby BM (2020) Microbial strategies for survival in the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii. mSystems00473-20. doi: 10.1101/20t20.05.28.122663
Choo S, Wiese J, Borchert E, Saha M, Künzel S, Weinberger F, Hentschel U (2020) Polaribacter nordstrandensis sp. nov., isolated from the biofilm of a stone from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 70(7):4305-4314. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004290
Busch K, Beazley L, Kenchington E, Whoriskey F, Slaby B, Hentschel U (2020) Microbial diversity of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii in response to anthropogenic activities. Conservation Genetics, 21. pp. 1001-1010. doi: 10.1007/s10592-020-01305-2
Li Z, Hentschel U, Webster N, Olson J, Häggblom M (2020) Editorial: special issue on sponge microbiome. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 96 (5). fiaa075. DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiaa075
Wu YC, Garcia-Altares M, Pintó B, Ribes M, Hentschel U, Pita L (2020) Opisthobranch grazing results in mobilisation of spherulous cells and re-allocation of secondary metabolites in the sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Scientific Rep: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.20.391169
Rix L, Ribes M, Coma R, Jahn MT, van Oevelen D, de Goeij J, Escrig S, Meibom A, Hentschel U (2020) Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: A single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses. ISME J: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0706-3
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Murray AE, Freudenstein J, Gribaldo S, Hatzenpichler R, Hugenholtz P, Kämpfer P, Konstantinidis KT, Lane CE, Papke TR, Parks DH, Rossello-Mora R, Stott MB, Sutcliffe IC, Thrash C, Venter ST, Whitman WB, Acinas SG, Amann R, Anantharaman K, Armengaud J, Baker BJ, Barco RA, Bode HB, Boyd ES, Brady CL, Carini P, Chain PSG, Colman DR, DeAngelis KM, Asuncion de los Rios M, Estrada-de los Santos P, Dunlap CA, Eisen JA, Emerson D, Ettema TJG, Eveillard D, Girguis PR, Hentschel U, Hollibaugh JT, Hug LA, Inskeep WP, Ivanova EP, Klenk HP, Li WJ, Lloyd KG, Löffler FE, Makhalanyane T, Moser DP, Nunoura T, Palmer M, Parro V, Pedrós-Alió C, Probst AJ, Smits THM, Steen AD, Steenkamp AT, Spang A, Stewart FJ, Tiedje JM, Vandamme P, Wagner M, Wang FP, Hedlund BP, Reysenbach AL. (2020) Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nat Microbiol. doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0733-x
Steinert G, Busch K, Bayer K, Kodami S, Martinez Arbizu P, Kelly M, Mills S, Erpenbeck D, Dohrmann M, Wörheide G, Hentschel U, Peter J. Schupp PJ (2020) Compositional and quantitative insights into bacterial and archaeal communities of South Pacific deep-sea sponges (Demospongiae and Hexactinellida). Front Microbiol 11, 716: doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00716
Wiese J, Imhoff JF, Horn H, Borchert E, Kyrpides NC, Göker M, Klenk HP, Woyke T, Hentschel U (2020). Genome analysis of the marine bacterium Kiloniella laminariae and first insights into comparative genomics with related Kiloniella species. Arch Microbiol 202(4):815-824. doi: 10.1007/s00203-019-01791-0
Johnke J, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H (2020) Bdellovibrio and like organisms are predictors of microbiome diversity in distinct host groups. Microb Ecol doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01395-7
Deines P, Hammerschmidt K, Bosch TCG (2020) Exploring the niche concept in a simple metaorganism. Front Microbiol. 11: 1942. Published online 2020 Aug 11. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01942
Deines P, Hammerschmidt K, Bosch TCB (2020) Microbial species coexistence depends on the host environment. mBio 11:e00807-20
Dierking K and Pita L (2020) Receptors Mediating Host-Microbiota Communication in the Metaorganism: The Invertebrate Perspective. Front. Immunol., 11, 1251., 16 June 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01251
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Stengel ST, Fazio A, Lipinski S, Jahn MT, Aden K, Ito G, Wottawa F, Kuiper JWP, Coleman OI, Tran F, Bordoni D, Bernardes JP, Jentzsch M, Luzius A, Bierwirth S, Messner B, Henning A, Welz L, Kakavand N, Falk-Paulsen M, Imm S, Hinrichsen F, Zilbauer M, Schreiber S, Kaser A, Blumberg R, Haller D, Rosenstiel P (2020) Activating transcription factor 6 mediates inflammatory signals in intestinal epithelial cells upon endoplasmic reticulum stress. Gastroenterology, 159, Issue 4, 1357-1374. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2020.06.088
Imhoff JF, Meyer TE & Kyndt JA (2020) Genomic and genetic sequence information of strains assigned to the genus Rhodopseudomonas reveal the great heterogeneity of the group and identify strain Rhodopseudomonas palustris DSM 123T as the authentic type strain of this specie. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 70, Issue 6, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004077
Heiman CM, Wiese J, Kupferschmied P, Maurhofer M, Keel C, Vacheron J (2020) Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. LD120 isolated from the marine alga Saccharina latissima. MRA (Microbiology Resource Announcements) 9, e01305-19.
Batani G, Bayer K, Böge J, Hentschel U, Thomas T (2019) Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and cell sorting of living bacteria. Sci Rep 9(1):18618. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55049-2.
Jahn MT, Arkhipova K, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Lachnit T, Pita L, Kupczok A, Ribes M, Stengel ST, Rosenstiel P, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2019). A phage protein aids bacterial symbionts in eukaryote immune evasion. Cell Host & Microbe 26(4):542-550.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.019.
Sieber M, Pita L, Weiland-Bräuer N, Dirksen P, Wang J, Mortzfeld B, Franzenburg S, ID Schmitz RA, Baines JF, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H, Bosch TCG, Traulsen A (2019) Neutrality in the metaorganism. PLoS Biol 17(6): e3000298. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000298
Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Hermes BM, Doms S, Dagan T, Dierking K, Domin H, Fraune S, von Frieling J, Hentschel U, Heinsen FA, Höppner M, Jahn MT, Jaspers C, Kissoyan KAB, Langfeldt D, Rehman A, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Soluch R, Sommer F, Stukenbrock E, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rosenstiel P, Franke A, Bosch T, Baines JF (2019). Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms. Microbiome 7:133. doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1
Rubin-Blum M, Antony CP, Sayavedra L, Birgel D, Peckmann J, Wu YC, Cárdenas P, Martinez-Perez C, Marcon Y, MacDonald I, Sahling H, Hentschel U, Dubilier N (2019) Fueled by methane: Deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts. ISME J. 13(5):1209-1225; doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7.
Villalobos AS, Wiese J, Imhoff,JF, Dorador C, Keller A, Hentschel U (2019) Systematic affiliation and genome analysis of Subtercola vilae DB165T with particular emphasis on cold adaptation of an isolate from a high-altitude cold volcano lake. Microorganisms 7(4):107; doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7040107
Helber SB, Steinert G, Wu YC, Rohde S, Hentschel U, Muhando CA and Schupp PJ (2019) Sponges from Zanzibar host diverse and largely unexplored prokaryotic communities with potential for natural product synthesis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 95 (4), fiz026, doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz026
Karimi E, Keller-Costa T, Slaby BM, Cox CJ, da Rocha UN, Hentschel U, Costa R (2019). Genomic blueprints of sponge-prokaryote symbiosis are shared by low abundant and cultivable Alphaproteobacteria. Scientific Reports 9: 1999. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38737-x
Hildebrand F, Silva L, Blasche S, Jahn MT, Gossmann T, Heuerta-Cepas J, Hercog R, Luetge M, Bahram M, Pryszlak A, Alves R, Waszak S, Zhu A, Ye L, Costea P, Aalvink S, Belzer C, Forslund S, Sunagawa S, Hentschel U, Merten C, Patil K, Benes V, Bork P (2019) Antibiotics-induced monodominance of a novel gut bacterial order. Gut 0:1–10. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317715
Slaby BM, Franke A, Rix, L, Pita, L, Bayer, K, Jahn MT, Hentschel, U (2019) Marine Sponge Holobionts in Health and Disease. In: Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reefs Sponges and Corals., ed. by Li, Zhiyong. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 81-104; doi 10.1007/978 94-024-1612-1_7.
Jaspers C, Fraune S, Arnold AE, Miller DJ, Bosch T, Voolstra CR and Pita L and Consortium of Australian Academy of Science Boden Research Conference Participants (2019) Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches. Zoology, 133 pp. 81-87. DOI 10.1016/j.zool.2019.02.007
Steinert G, Wemheuer B, Janussen D, Erpenbeck D, Daniel R, Simon M, Brinkhoff T and Schupp PJ (2019) Prokaryotic Diversity and Community Patterns in Antarctic Continental Shelf Sponges. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:297. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00297
Cortés-Albayay, C., Silber, J., Imhoff, J. F, Asenjo, J. A., Andrews, B., Nouioui, I. and Dorador, C. 2019. The Polyextreme Ecosystem, Salar de Huasco at the Chilean Altiplano of the Atacama Desert Houses Diverse Streptomyces spp. with Promising Pharmaceutical Potentials. Diversity, 11 (5) 69. DOI 10.3390/d11050069.
Imhoff, J.F., Rahn, T., Künzel, S., Neulinger, S.C.: Phylogeny of Anoxygenic Photosynthesis Based on Sequences of Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins and a Key Enzyme in Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis, the Chlorophyllide Reductase. Microorganisms 2019, 7, 576; doi:10.3390/microorganisms7110576
Qian, Z., Antosch, J., Wiese, J., Imhoff, J. F., Fiedler, H. P., Pöthig, A. and Gulder, T. A. M. 2019. Structures and biological activities of cycloheptamycins A and B. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 17 (27). pp. 6595-6600. DOI 10.1039/c9ob01261c.
Sottorff, I., Künzel, S., Wiese, J., Lipfert, M., Preußke, N., Sönnichsen, F.D. and Imhoff, J.F. 2019. Antitumor Anthraquinones from an Easter Island Sea Anemone: Animal or Bacterial Origin? Marine drugs, 17, 154. doi:10.3390/md17030154. Published: 5 March 2019
Sottorff, I., Wiese, J. and Imhoff, J. F. 2019. High diversity and novelty of Actinobacteria isolated from the coastal zone of the geographically remote young volcanic Easter Island, Chile. International Microbiology, 22 (3). pp. 377-390. DOI 10.1007/s10123-019-00061-9.
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Villalobos, A.S., Wiese, J., Imhoff, J.F., Dorador, C., Keller, A., and Hentschel, U. 2019. Systematic Affiliation and Genome Analysis of Subtercola vilae DB165T with Particular Emphasis on Cold Adaptation of an Isolate from a High-Altitude Cold Volcano Lake. Microorganisms 2019, 7, 107; doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7040107
Tarhriz, V., Hirose, S., Fukushima, S. i., Hejazi, M. A., Imhoff, J. F., Thiel, V. and Hejazi, M. S. 2019. Emended description of the genus Tabrizicola and the species Tabrizicola aquatica as aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 112 (8). pp. 1169-1175. DOI 10.1007/s10482-019-01249-9.
Wiese J. & Imhoff, JF. 2019. Marine bacteria and fungi as promising source for new antibiotics. Drug Dev Res. 2018; 1–4. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. DOI: 10.1002/ddr.21482
Bayer K, Jahn MT, Slaby BM, Moitinho-Silva L, Hentschel U (2018) . American Society for Microbiology Journals. Published online: 26.12.2018 https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00150-18
Edrada-Ebel RA, Ævarsson A, Polymenakou P, Hentschel U, Carettoni D, Day J, Green D, Hreggviðsson GO, Harvey L, McNeil B (2018) SeaBioTech: From Seabed to Test-Bed: Harvesting the Potential of Marine Biodiversity for Industrial Biotechnology 2018 Grand Challenges in Marine Biotechnology 451-504 Springer, Cham
Balasubramanian S, Skaf J, Holzgrabe U, Bharti R, Förstner KU, Ziebuhr W, Hentschel, U, Abdelmohsen UR, Oelschlaeger TA (2018) A New Bioactive Compound From the Marine Sponge-Derived Streptomyces sp. SBT348 Inhibits Staphylococcal Growth and Biofilm Formation. Front Microbiol. 2018 Jul 11;9:1473. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01473. eCollection.
Domin H, Zurita-Gutiérrez YH, Scotti M, Buttlar J, Hentschel, U, Fraune S. (2018) Predicted bacterial interactions affect in vivo microbial colonization dynamics in Nematostella. Front Microbiol. 2018 Apr 24;9:728. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00728. eCollection 2018.
Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl WJ, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Pita L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad MM, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Voolstra CR, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch TCG (2018) Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation? Zoology (Jena). 2018 Feb 15. pii: S0944-2006(18)30019-9. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
Wiese J, Abdelmohsen UR, Motiei A, Humeida U, Imhoff JF (2018) Bacicyclin, a new antibacterial cyclic hexapeptide from Bacillus sp. strain BC028 isolated from Mytilus edulis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2018 Feb 15;28(4):558-561. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.01.062. Epub 2018 Feb 1.
Karimi E, Slaby BM, Soares AR, Blom J, Hentschel U, Costa R (2018) Metagenomic binning reveals versatile nutrient cycling and distinct adaptive features in alphaproteobacterial symbionts of marine sponges. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 94, Issue 6, June 2018, fiy074, doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy074
Pita L, Hoeppner MP, Ribes M and Hentschel U (2018) Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). Art.Nr. 16081, doi 10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w.
Pita L, Rix L, Slaby BM, Franke A, Hentschel U (2018) The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems. Microbiome 6(1):46, doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1.
Astudillo-García C, Slaby BM, Waite DW, Bayer K, Hentschel U, Taylor MW (2018) Phylogeny and genomics of SAUL, an enigmatic bacterial lineage frequently associated with marine sponges. Environ Microbiol: doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13965.
Cheng C, Othman EM, Stopper H, Edrada-Ebel R, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2017) Isolation of petrocidin A, a new cytotoxic cyclic dipeptide from the marine sponge-derived bacterium, Streptomyces sp. SBT348. Marine Drugs 15(12). pii: E383. doi: 10.3390/md15120383.
Moitinho-Silva L, Nielsen S, Amnon A, Gonzalez A, Ackermann GL, Cerrano C, Astudillo-Garcia C, Easson C, Sipkema D, Liu F, Steinert G, Kotoulas G, McCormack GP, Feng G, Bell JJ, Vicente J, Björk JR, Montoya JM, Olson JB, Reveillaud J, Steindler L, Pineda MC, Marra MV, Ilan M, Taylor, MW, Polymenakou P, Erwin PM, Schupp PJ,Simister RL, Knight R,Thacker RW, Costa R, Hill RT, Lopez-Legentil S, Dailianis T, Ravasi T, Hentschel U, Li Z, Webster NS, Thomas T (2017). The sponge microbiome project. GigaScience, gix077, doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/gix077
Slaby BM, Hackl T, Horn H, Bayer K, Hentschel U (2017) Metagenomic binning of a marine sponge microbiome reveals unity in defense but metabolic specialization. ISME J. 11(11): 2465-2478. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2017.101.
Slaby BM, Hentschel U (2017) Draft genome sequences of "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum," cyanobacterial symbionts of the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Genome Announc. 27: 5(17). pii: e00268-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00268-17.
Moitinho-Silva L, Steinert G, Nielsen S, Hardoim CCP, Wu YC, McCormack GP, López-Legentil S, Marchant R, Webster N, Thomas T, Hentschel U (2017) Predicting the HMA-LMA status in marine sponges by machine learning. Front Microbiol 8: 752. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00752.
Dashti Y, Grkovic T, Abdelmohsen UR, Hentschel U, Quinn RJ (2017) Actinomycete metabolome induction/suppression with N-acetylglucosamine. J Nat Prod 28: 80(4): 828-836. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00673.
Cheng C, Balasubramanian S, Fekete A, Krischke M, Mueller MJ, Hentschel U, Oelschlaeger TA, Abdelmohsen UR (2017). Inhibitory potential of strepthonium A against Shiga toxin production in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strain EDL933.Nat Prod Res. 2017 Mar 13:1-6. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2017.1297443. [Epub ahead of print]
Abdelmohsen UR , Balasubramanian S, Oelschlaeger TA, Grkovic T, Pham NB, Quinn RJ, Hentschel U (2017) Potential of marine natural products against drug-resistant fungal, viral, and parasitic infections. Lancet Infect Dis: pii: S1473-3099(16)30323-1. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30323-1.
El-Hossary EM, Cheng C, Hamed MM, El-Sayed Hamed AN, Ohlsen K, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2017) Antifungal potential of marine natural products. Eur J Med Chem 126:631-651. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.11.022.
Balasubramanian S, Othman EM, Kampik D, Stopper H, Hentschel U, Ziebuhr W, Oelschlaeger TA, Abdelmohsen UR (2017) Marine Sponge-Derived Streptomyces sp. SBT343 Extract Inhibits Staphylococcal Biofilm Formation. Front Microbiol. Feb 16;8:236. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00236.
Pita L, Fraune S, Hentschel U (2016) Emerging sponge models of animal-microbe symbioses. Frontiers in Microbiol: 7:2102. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02102
Hentschel U (2016) Mikrobielle und chemische Ökologie mariner Schwamm-Mikroorganismen-Interaktionen. In: Die Sprache der Moleküle- Chemische Kommunikation in der Natur. Rundgespräche Forum Ökologie. BAdW 45:59-67
Horn H, Slaby BM, Jahn MJ, Bayer K, Moitinho-Silva L, Förster F, Abdelmohsen UR, Hentschel U (2016) An enrichment of CRISPR and other defense-related features in marine sponge-associated microbial metagenomes. Frontiers in Microbiol: 7:1751
Kämpfer P, Busse HJ, Horn H, Abdelmohsen UR, Hentschel U, Glaeser SP (2016). Williamsia herbipolensis nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001398.
Cheng C, Othman EM, Fekete A, Krischke M, Stopper H, Edrada-Ebel RA, Mueller MJ, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2016) Strepoxazine A, a new cyctotoxic phenoxazin from the marine sponge-derived bacterium Streptomyces sp. SBT345. Tetrahedron Letters: 57 (37). pp. 4196-4199. DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.08.005.
Jahn MT, Markert SM, Ryu T, Ravasi T, Stigloher C, Hentschel U, Moitinho-Silva L (2016) Shedding light on cell compartmentation in the candidate phylum Poribacteria by high resolution visualisation and transcriptional profiling. Sci Rep: 6:35860. doi: 10.1038/srep35860
Faist H, Keller A, Hentschel U, Deeken R (2016) Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Crown Galls Host Distinct Microbiota. Appl Environ Microbiol.; 82(18): 5542–5552. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01131-16
Thomas T, Moitinho-Silva L, Lurgi M, Björk JR, Easson C, Astudillo C, Olson JB, Erwin PM, López-Legentil S, Luter H, Chaves-Fonnegra A, Costa R, Schupp P, Steindler L, Erpenbeck D, Gilbert J, Knight R, Ackerman G, Lopez JV, Taylor MW, Thacker RW, Montoya JM, Hentschel U, Webster N (2016) Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome. Nature Communications, 7:11870. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11870.
Cheng C, Othman EM, Reimer A, Grüne M, Kozjak-Pavlovic V, Stopper H, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2016) Ageloline A, new antioxidant and antichlamydial quinolone from the marine sponge-derived bacterium Streptomyces sp. SBT345. Tetrahedron Letters: 57 (25). pp. 2786-2789. DOI 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.05.042.
Ryu T, Seridi L, Moitinho-Silva L, Oates M, Liew YJ, Mavromatis C, Wang X, Haywood A, Lafi FF, Kupresanin M, Sougrat R, Alzahrani MA, Giles E, Ghosheh Y, Schunter C, Baumgarten S, Berumen ML, Gao X, Aranda M, Foret S, Gough J, Voolstra CR, Hentschel U, Ravasi T (2016) Hologenome analysis of two marine sponges with different microbiomes. BMC Genomics 17(1): 158. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2501-0.
Horn H, Keller A, Hildebrandt U, Kämpfer P, Riederer M, Hentschel U (2016) Draft genome of the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere bacterium, Williamsia sp. ARP1. Stand Genomic Sci. 2016 Jan 16;11:8. doi: 10.1186/s40793-015-0122-x. eCollection 2016.
Horn H, Cheng C, Edrada-Ebel R, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2015) Draft genome sequences of three chemically rich actinomycetes isolated from Mediterranean sponges. Mar Genomics: Pt 3: 285-287. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.10.003.
Horn H, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2015) Mining genomes of three marine sponge-associated actinobacterial isolates for secondary metabolism. Genome Announc 3(5). pii: e01106-01115. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01106-15.
Cheng C, MacIntyre L, Abdelmohsen UR, Horn H, Polymenakou PN, Edrada-Ebel R, Hentschel U (2015) Biodiversity, anti-trypanosomal activity screening, and metabolomic profiling of actinomycetes isolated from Mediterranean sponges. PLoS One: 10(9):e0138528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138528.
Burgsdorf I, Slaby BM, Handley KM, Haber M, Blom J, Marshall CW, Gilbert JA, Hentschel U, Steindler L (2015) Lifestyle evolution in cyanobacterial symbionts of sponges. Mbio 6(3): e00391-15; doi: 10.1128/mBio.00391-15.
Abdelmohsen UR, Grkovic T, Balasubramanian S, Kamel MS, Quinn RJ, Hentschel U (2015) Elicitation of secondary metabolism in actinomycetes. Biotechnol. Adv. pii: S0734-9750(15)30012-4; doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.06.003
Reimer A, Blohm A, Quack T, Grevelding CG, Kozjak-Pavlovic V, Rudel T, Hentschel U, Abdelmohsen UR (2015) Inhibitory activities of the marine streptomycete-derived compound SF2446A2 against Chlamydia trachomatis and Schistosoma mansoni. J Antibiotics 68(11): 674-679. doi: 10.1038/ja.2015.54
Kämpfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Abdelmohsen UR, Ahmed S, Hentschel U (2015) Actinokineospora spheciospongiae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda. IJSEM 65(Pt 3): 879-884
Abdelmohsen UR, Cheng C, Reimer A, Kozjak-Pavlovic V, Ibrahim AK, Rudel T, Hentschel U, Edrada-Ebel R, Ahmed SA (2015) Antichlamydial sterol from the Red Sea sponge Callyspongia aff. implexa. Planta Med. 81(5): 382-387
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